Musical equipment

Musical equipment

Any device used to create sound, especially musical instruments.

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bones

Musical equipment; Drums

or castanets. A pair of wooden instruments that are held in the hand (between the thumb and forefinger) and are clicked together in rhythm.

vibraphone (or vibes)

Musical equipment; Drums

Similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and resonators that are driven by a motor. This motor helps to create vibrato sound. Played with mallets.

bongo drum or bongos

Musical equipment; Drums

a pair of small drums that are connected in the middle and played with your hands. Very common in Afro-Cuban music and Latin percussion.

warra warra

Musical equipment; Drums

(African term) it's a term djembe masters use to refer to the fast style the youth are getting into. in the words of zoumana dembele, "every good percussionist can play warra ...

bongocero

Musical equipment; Drums

a bongo player

wassamba (maninka/bambara) or wassakhumba (susu)

Musical equipment; Drums

(African term) castanets made of calabash discs, traditionally used by male initiates to announce their passings during their seclusion period and purify the area, as well as for ...